Fires may spark 'farm watch' scheme

Burdekin cane growers are considering setting up a 'farm watch' scheme after a spate of arson attacks in the district.

Police are searching for a person believed to be responsible for starting 11 cane and grass fires since last Thursday.

Canegrowers' Burdekin regional manager Debra Burden says the organisation and miller Sucrogen are in talks with police to start a community crime watch scheme.

"Now this farm watch service will be of benefit in this situation but it will also be of benefit in the long-term, so, for example, cases where we might have fuel theft or equipment theft from farms, the farm watch system will be beneficial in that area," she said.